Details

General

Morphemic form: N{suknit}V
New orthography: +sunnippoq
Old orthography: -sungnípoĸ
Sources: [9, 12, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: N{suk}N, N{nit}V,
Variants: N{suaqnit}V, N{sukni}N,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
tð⇒ts,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: t-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: None
Valency:
Avalent,
Monovalent,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is is 'Actor smells like N'. This is the usual meaning today, but in older dictionaries, it is also recorded as meaning 'tastes like N'. However, this meaning does not seem common nowadays.

The affix can also be used avalently with 3sg or 4sg endings, and with no explicit noun indicating the Subject. In this case, the meaning is 'there is a smell of N'.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{suk}N. See this for details.


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{nit}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

In older texts also 'tastes like N'.

  • pujorsunnippoq, it smells/tastes of smoke [9]

    From pujoq, 'smoke'.

  • qisussunnippoq, it tastes of wood [9]

    From qisuk, 'wood'.

  • tungusunnippoq, it tastes sweet; it tastes of berry juice [9]

    Lexicalised, from tungu, 'berry juice'.

  • iterorsunnippoq, it smells of stale urine [11]

    From iteroq